Transitional Fossil Species, Part III
What About Ape Men?

Some Background Information

This is a valid question, so this page is a brief compilation of the data dealing with cave men. Before getting
started, we should bring everyone up to speed on dates and
characteristics that scientists use when discussing these missing
links.

The Dates

According to evolutionary geologic theory, the most recent geologic periods are:

Holocene - the present period, going back about 10,000 years.

Pleistocene - the period from about 10,000 years ago to 2 million
years ago.

This period is split into several sections, generally
named after the Glacial Periods that took place within the
Pleistocene. (These names change in different parts of the world, but
we present these as a standard for this page.) These periods
are, from the newest to oldest are:

Wurm glaciation

Riss glaciation

Mindel Glaciation

Gunz Glaciation

Villafranchian

That is, a fossil that a scientist dates between the Riss
and Mindel Glaciation (termed the Riss-Mindel Interglacial) would
be younger than a fossil dated between the Mindel and
Gunz glaciation. (Note: we are not trying to confuse anyone. Geologists
and Paleontologists are the ones that use these terms!)

Characteristics
of these Missing Links between Humans and Early Ancestors

Investigating the scientific literature reveals that all these proposed missing
links are either very humanlike with a trace of some apelike characteristic,
or very apelike with a trace of some human characteristic. There is nothing
really in between (where you would expect a real transitional species). One example of a change seen by scientists would be in the shape of a jaw. The jaws in some apes are almost rectangular and others are more curved.
Since the human jaw is roughly parabolic (a rounded V), those
apes possessing a more curved jaw are claimed to be more human.
Similarly, a human skull that had a slightly squared jaw would be considered more
apelike. Therefore, please keep in mind that the tiny variations seen by scientists
may actually be variations in normal ape and human populations that are incorrectly labeled
as missing links. This will become clearer as you read on.

What the Data Reveals

Fossils of Modern Humans in Pliocene Layers

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to this theory is the discovery by scientists
of modern human (Homo Sapiens) fossils in Pliocene layersgeologic
layers so early that none of the proposed missing links
could have possibly been ancestors. However, since these discoveries
fly so strongly in the face of the currently popular evolutionary theory,
these discoveries are ignored. For
more information, click on this sentence.

Australopithecus

Those fossils known as Australopithecines are very apelike. That is,
they look exactly like ape fossils except that a close examination of
the teeth, or the jaw shape, or minor bones of the skull leads some scientists
to think they see faint human characteristics. Early attempts
to introduce these fossils as progressive pre hominids were
ridiculed by scientists. One example is the Australopithecus africanus
finding at Taungs in 1924 by Dr. R. A. Dart. He considered the apelike
skull pieces (consisting of the front of a face and lower jaw) to have
slightly human features. The scientists of the day (who were also evolutionists)
treated his proposal with great scorn and considered the skull to be a
variety of chimpanzee. They called it Darts baby. Even the
evolutionary advocate and expert on human origins Teilhard
de Chardin (also loosely associated with Peking Man, Java Man, etc.) considered
the Australopithecines to be a branch of development that did not continue
to progress up to man. That is, even within the evolutionary community
many scientists believed that these fossils were only apes.

Peking man and Java man

Scientists discovered a modern human fossil at Vertesszollos, with an age corresponding
to the Mindel Glaciation. This is actually the same age as
the Peking man and Java man fossils. Therefore,
if modern humans existed at the same time, Peking man and Java man could
not possibly be missing links to modern men.

Neanderthal man

The earliest examples of mainstream Neanderthal findings
were discovered at Saccopastore, Ehringsdorf, and Krapina and dated in
the Riss-Wurm Interglacial period. Interestingly, scientists found fully modern
human fossil (Homo Sapiens) remains of the same geologic age at Fontechevade.
One of the earliest (if not the earliest) Neanderthal fossils
was discovered at Steinheim, and dated in the Riss-Mindel Interglacial
period. However, again they discovered a fully modern human fossil of
the same age at Swanscombe. Again, we have evidence that modern humans
existed at the same time, and Neanderthal man could not possibly be a missing
link to modern men. Although beyond the scope of this message, many scientists
now believe that the Neanderthal fossils were modern men that suffered from rickets, arthritis, and other diseases
that alter bone structure.

There are additional problems with Neanderthal man as a possible ancestor
of modern humans. The Neanderthal fossil skulls are typically as large
as a modern mans skull. Some are slightly largeran indication of
greater brain capacity. Since the brain capacity of Neanderthal
is the same as or larger than modern man, it is unreasonable to assume
that this is an ancestor of modern man. After all, if the theory of evolution
is correct, why should brain capacities (which presumably get larger as
humans evolve), suddenly become smaller after Neanderthal?
The reality is that the scientific community is trying to force the actual
evidence to agree with an incorrect theory and has to contradict itself
occasionally to make the theory of evolution seem rational.

Conclusion

Although this page is not intended to be a rigorous scientific treatment
of the subject, we believe we provided reasonable proof that the fossils of human
missing links are examples of regular humans and regular apes that
had some tiny irregularity. No fossil has ever been discovered that is
more than slightly different from either an ape or a modern human.
If you wish to learn more about the topic, we recommend the book APE-MEN
- Fact or Fallacy? by Malcolm Bowden. Although this book is out of print, copies are still available through The
Berean Call. You can locate this book by going down the left hand
frame to the Creation Science category and clicking on Books.

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